Money Matters / Денежные вопросы

Money Matters is an ongoing project where students are able to get into conversation about money, learn some facts about history of money and about money in other countries, discuss students’ pocket money and proverbs about money, make media products about money.

Participants are divided into groups according to the age (primary school - 5-11, middle school - 12-14, high school - 15-18). Using the project forum and mailing list participants express their opinions and discuss value of money, history of money, kids’s pocket money, interesting facts about money, proverbs about money and illustrate them, compare the smallest and biggest banknotes (images, colours, sizes), make media products (films, posters, presentations, slide shows). Students are suggested to discuss questions connected with earning money, to design a currency and other interesting things.